The Sun. — London, England, 1836-09-21 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUI3LIC JOURNALS. The French Ministerial Journals of Monday, espe cially the Debats, continue to insult the present Libe ral Government of Madrid, enumerating with a kind of ferocious joy the anarchic state of the country and the army, and attributing all these ills to democratic ideas and the Constitution of 1812. This is unfair and un just in two ways ; first of all, it is unjust on the part of the French writers who have witnessed and applauded the revolution of July, which was nothing other than the dethroning of a Monarch by an insurrection of the National Guard and the populace. The Revolution, which brought about the promulgation of the Consti tution of 1812, was in full accordance with the Na tional Guard of Madrid. The Journal des Debats, which applauded and profited by the Parisian Revolu tion, has no right to play the insolent and affect such contempt of the Madrid movement. Secondly, these reproaches are unjust in charging the Liberals with the present state of disorder in the army and the state. Heaven knows, the Spanish Liberals bore lona and patiently the successive trials of the Juste-milieu and of French councils to put down insurrection, and con solidate the constitutional monarchy. And it was only on the failure of all this, and on the overthrow by French Councils of the last Government, in which the Liberals had confidence, viz., that of Mendizabal, it was only then that they had recourse to the old national banner of the Constitution. It was a dernier resort. Everything else had been tried. The armies were d emora li ze d, betrayed ; the State without resources, the citizens composing the National Guard in open distrust of the Government ; it was then that the Liberals stepped into power, when power was a burden and a duty, but certainly not an advantage. If there was anarchy, mutiny, disaffection, clubs, it was not the Constitution of 1812 which begot or caused them ; they were in the country, born under and of the Estatuto ; they are the children of the Juste milieu. And resistance carried farther would but have increased the anarchy and bloodshed. No doubt the present state of things is lamentable. But the Ministry that proclaimed the Constitution is not to blame. And even if reproach might be cast upon the Spaniards, it is not for the French to cast it ; they who fifteen years back put clown Spanish liberty by their bayonets, and who, in 1836, refused to make the amends, owned to be due, by sending to put down Don Carlos an army already collected, equipped, and pre pared. It would not have cost them a maravedi so to do. But the fact is now manifest, that the ruling power in France is hostile to liberalism and all liberal government ; and that it has proceeded so far in ac complishing the ruin and betrayal of all such Govern ments, that its organs and pensioners think it no longer necessary to wear even the mask, but avow openly the preference of absolutism.—Morning Chronicle. We learn from many parts of England besides East Cornwall, that the late address of Sir William Moles worth to the electors of that division of his county has produced, as might have been expected from it, im portant and salutary consequences, not affecting that particular spot alone, but the relations of the Con servative and movement principle throughout every district of Great Britain. Amongst the minor circum stances which attach value to the address in question, are the independent fortune of Sir William Moles worth, and his personal character. He has not merely an estate which lifts him far above the tribe of adven turers, but the reputation of being an honest and strai g htforward.man, wedded indeed t o opi n i ons w hi c h we, in common with the "Whig gentry" of East Cornwall, and with 19-20ths of the educated gentle men throughout England, hold to be irrational, revo lutionary, and destructive opinions, but acting upon them, there is no reason to doubt, from motives con scientious and disinterested. The purport of this ad dress on the part of the Hon. Baronet is to state his acknowledgment, that a large proportion of the consti tuency by which he was returned to Parliament have withdrawn from him their political confidence and sup port to such extent, that on a new election he would have no chance of success but through the expenditure of a " larr , e amount of money," and that he therefore declines oifering himself as a future candidate for their votes. It is to be observed that Sir William Moles worth, from the first line to the last of this composition, dwells upon the evidence of a growing distaste for Radicalism among " those who have hitherto com posed the Liberal party in our county." it is not the• Radicals who have deserted the Hon. Baronet, because of ant suspension or lack of movement in the revo:ntionery spirit betrayed by him, since, as he him self declares, his votes arc recorded against the Coer cion Bill for Ireland, of which the object, as explained by Lord Grey, was to put down sedition, and to arrest insurrection, in that rogue-bestridden country, and he was one of the most determined opponent of Lord Grey's " system of misgovernment in Ireland the Minister for the Home Department under Lnrd Grey, and he by whom that misgoverimn.nt was specifically conducted, being no other then the present self-confes sed enemy of Protestantism in liciand—nain::ly, Lord `Viscount Melbourne. Again, Sir William i4olesworth voted uniformly for the Ballot—triennial Parliaments -all extcllsion of the sufri.ac—the separation of Church and State---he expulsion of the Bishops from the If11';‘, of Lords, and has avowed his resolution to :upport what is called " a Reform of the House of Lords," signifying, we take for rzranted, the mpta morphosis or that assembly into an elective body. It is not, therefore, as we said, for any defect of Radicalism that Sir William Molcsiverth finds himself deserted by his constituents ; Sir William overflows with that virtue which he always laid claim to ; but the result of a more familiar acquaintance with the . Tl-flit s o f Radicalism by the " timid and irresolute" Liberals, whom Sr William designates as Whigs, is, that they like it less, and will no longer encourage it or its pro fessors ? Now, we arc not among those who triumph over such letters as this of Sir William Molesworth to his constituents for being proofs of the existence of that gulf which is every day widening, and which must in the nature of things become soon impassable, between the tw o sections of those who call themselves exclusively and most absurdly by the joint name of Reformers." The proofs of that schism we did not want ; they abound in every corner of the kingdom. But the great and chief merit of such a document is its being a sample of the practical working of the acknow ledged discord, and of its necessary effects upon the future composition of Parliament. The frank though ill-reasoned address of the Hon. Baronet ought to be hailed by the foes of restless change, and of eventual anarchy, as the representativ e of that solid, profound, and irresistible re-action in favou r of our ancient national institutions, w hi c h i s progressive everywhere, and is everywhere fraught with the blessings of rational ffo vernment, political security, and social repos e and com fort. There are, however, one or two topics adver ted to by this plain-spoken Radical seceder which it may be as well to notice here. Sir W. Molesworth as sumes first as a fact indisputable, that "there is hardly any county in England the electors of which are a *, independent as those of East Cornwall," or where a candidate of his opinions could combat the two aristo cratic parties with greater chance of success. Yet in East Cornwall, that Acropolis of independence, the Hon. Baronet gives up the battle in despair, because the two aristocratic parties, that is, Whigs and Con servatives, have had good sense enough to join their forces against him as the common enemy of the whole upper class of proprietors. If this union, then, which in East Cornwall is less powerful (according to Sir William Molesworth) than in any other part of Eng land, be stron g enough there to drive him from the hustings, what a dreary prospect presents itself for Radicalism throughout the test of the English county representation, and h ow d esperate for the members of the movement that much vaunted and loudly threa tened masterstroke of Melbourne politics—another e - ncral election ! Sir William Molesworth fairly admits that even if, beyond all hope, successful in one further experiment upon the county, the spirit of which has become so adverse to him, he and his brother Radicals would enjoy but a transient triumph. He states broadly, that the intrinsic and permanent power of the con stituency is ranged in steady opposition to his prin ciples, and that nothing could save him from even tually sinking in such a contest but recourse to that famous quack medicine called the " Ballot." It is indisputably no bad evidence of the hold a man has taken of his own good opinion when he makes sure that if the bulk of the community could venture to ex- press their feeling towards him, he would carry away whatever prize they had to dispose of ! But Sir Wm. Molesworth never disguised his sentiments, as would appear from his address. If, then, with full know ledge that the Hon Baronet was from the first a tho rough-going Radical, the independent electors did re turn him to Parliament, and would now, if they had the opportunity, turn him out of Parliament, he must allow us to draw two inferences from this premiss :- 1. That the Ballot was not necessary to enable his constituents to declare their suffrages in his favour, so long as those suffrages were favourable to his politics. 2. That the presence or absence of the Ballot could not of itself have had the slightest effect in turning against him those who were formerly his friends. How does the Hon. Baronet account for this revulsion ? He says it has been " gradual." It has not, therefore, sprung from sudden impulse, but has been the fruit of deliberate and slowly ripening condemnation of his political principles on the part of the better edu cated and more respectable supporters. Yet, with all this before his eyes, with the consciousness that it is his own Ultra-Radicalism which has ruined him with the Whig gentlemen of East Cornwall, he calls upon them, in the same breath, to set up a Whig in his ropm, provided such Whig will pro mise to vote for the ballot ! The ballot—the most unconstitutional, extravagant, and odious of all ultra- Radical propositions, and that by his adherence to which he himself has mainly lost his seat for Corn wall—he would make the test and rallying point for that candidate in whose favour he (not voluntarily) recommends that his own pretensions should be super seded. This may be Liberalism, but it is indifferent logic. Sir William Molesworth, like all of his poli tical kidney, holde theThoor milk-and-water Whigs in contempt. He knows that the Whig Ministers, with the mass of their party, have always hitherto opposed the ballot. Yet he urges that the Whigs of Cornwall, who have abandoned him, shall themselves bring for ward another candidate who will inscribe the word " ballot" on his ensigns. Wherein, we wish to know, would such a Whig be more palatable to East Corn will, than would Sir W. Molesworth ? With the dif ferences between this gentleman and Sir John Rash leigh, upon a point stated by the former, viz., his assertion that some of the Whig aristocracy had withdrawn their support from him because of his de termination to reform (that is, to annihilate, or per vert from its constitutional functions) the hereditary House of Lords—with any difference arising out of that assertion, we have nothing to do. The " reform of the House of Lords," in the actual condition of the mind of England upon constitutional questions, may, thank God, be regarded as the cry of maniacs, rather than reasonable statesmen. The Ministerial faction, if they have not adopted it as a measure, have repeatedly and palpably, by their language in both Houses, and by that of their vassal press, encouraged it as an effective stimulant to sedition, and it has served them well, for they are ruined by it. In one word, the divisions of party are hourly more simplified by the progress of events. Detailed differences of opinion and feeling between individuals having some views in common, swell into masses, and are consolidated with time. Two or three great questions become keys to all the rest. Church or none—House of Lords or none—the mild and easy sway of educated gentlemen, or the clattering and rough-shod hoofs of a mounted rabble—these are the alternatives which offer them selves to the imaginations of men, as linked re spectively with the predominance of Conservative principles or of revolutionary passions. The night of debauch and delirium is now ended, and the senses of our countrymen are at length recalled to the profitable labours, the moral duties, and sober enjoy ments of a sound political existence. The partnership between temperate reform and headlong change is dis solved throughout the kingdom no less decidedly than in East Cornwall. If the losses of the \Vhigs . at the last election went in some proportion to the credit of the Radicals, though in a far greater to that of the Conservative cause, sure we are that both Whig,s and Radicals would at another election he found unwilling contributors to a large Conservative majority. In the mean time we have one word more for Sir William Molesworth. The Hon. Baronet promulgates to the acrid, that he no loneer represents the majority of votes among the East Cornwall electors, and assigns it as his reason for retiring from another contest. The reason is a valid justification of that step ; but it is an etpiallv cogent reason-for the adoption of a still more decided and manly proceeding. It appeals to us, as we think it must ? to Sir William himself upon a mo ment's further refection, that if he has really ceased to represent the constituency which returned him, he is bound in conscience not to wait for a general election. It is his duty to retire NO WT.- Notwithstanding the condemnation which we have so justly bestowed upon that arch-traitor to his coun try, and to the cause of freedom throughout Europe, and the stern opposition which, as Liberals, we have felt ourgelVes bound to ()Ter to his shameful defizillai:ce in fulfiliing the stip&ations of the Quadruple Treaty— his consequent abandonment of the cause of the Queen, and of free as well as improved institutions in Spain, and his disgraceful union with despots, who hate while they must despise the King of the Bar ricades—we are not quite certain that the line of con duct which, in his base desire to assure the protection of the absolutists of Europe, by denying the principles which seated him upon the Throne, he has deemed it proper to pursue, will not in the end result in greater benefits to the human race, than he could by possi bility have conferred by his most earnest aid and most cordial co-operation. No thanks will assuredly be due to him by the free souls of Europe, and the ardent pro moters of her civilization and progress in renovated poli tical institutions, if good shall ensue from his cold blooded and heartless attempts to dethrone the goddess whom he so l ong p ro f e ssed to worship, and to the love of whom he owes the Crown which he has so shame fully defiled ; for, as in the moral world, good frequently springs from evil, and he who soweth knoweth not what he shall reap—so in the political, he who forgeth chains for others is not unfrequently himself doomed to wear them, and to wear out those days in darkness and despair which, in the vanity of anticipated triumph, he had pre-ordained for others. So be it with all the foes of freedom—so be it with every betrayer of the people's cause—so be it with every masked villain and pretended professor of Liberalism, who, when tried in the scale, shall be found wanting ! And so also do we now think it will be with that abortion of " the best of Republics"—Louis Philippe, King of the French, and hater of free institutions. What a proud posi tion did he not occupy only six years ago ! Wh a t glory was there not in store for him had he ° been true to himself, and true to the people over whom he still reigns ! What immortal fame might he not have ac quired—what undying reputation for all that was good and great ! Raised to the throne of a wealthy and powerful kingdom, by a gallant and liberal people who would have sacrificed anything, and everything, had he been true to his professed principles, in order to confer upon others the blessings of the same institutions which he might at once have promoted and consoli dated, all Europe might have owed to him and to his peopl e an indelible debt of gratitude—his life, as well as his throne, secured from assault, and peace and tran quillity, as well as honour, secured to his subjects — hi s Word, like that of another Cromwell, would have been l aw to the despots of Europe—his threats pro cured instant submission to his will—but, alas ! how has the gold become dim, and the fine gold as the dross from the furn ace I He, who might have been the mightiest of the mi ghty is become the most abjeet and contemptible of the sovereign slaves of Europe. Trail,- cuillity is not his—f ame is unknown to him, except in the shape of universal d etestation—Freedom shrieks at the very mention of his name, and even the despot class, whose affection he courts, laugh in demoniac triumph at his direliction of principle all his schemes, in fact, for the obstruction and suppression of 'the principles which placed him upon the Th rone o f France, have been frustrated and laid in the r dust. as They are as if they had not been , except in So far he and his dynasty are concerned. Spain is not only proving herself independent of his traitorous co-opera tion, but has adopted a Constitution which is gall and wormwood to him ;—Portugal has thrown off the yoke of Royal charters, and adopted a code of institutions more befitting her actual condition and future pros pects ;—even Switzerland has bidden defiance to him, and subjected him to the dishonour of re-calling his THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1636. own Ambassador :—and shall all these things take place, and France not be affected by them ? Can even Louis Philippe dream that the day is not coming, and the hour drawing nigh, in which France, as the bard prophesied in another and different case, "Multo repetet Milite"--a severe account of his Adminis tration —nay, call upon him to surrender honours of which he has proved himself unworthy, and trusts which he has grossly betrayed? The beacon-fires of liberty are burning around him—its light is illuming every benighted kingdom within its influence, and re joicing the hearts of every people who have seen or heard of it ; and will the gallant people of France prove the only exception ?—Oh, no ! To their hands we safely commit the care of the goddess whom they worship, as well as the care of the tyrant they hate in their hearts. With them as with us,—Delendum est Carthago !—Morning Advertiser. Mr. O'Connell, with a recklessness of purpose scarcely reconcileable with reason, appears determined that no one shall be allowed to sympathise with him, even on the score of domestic distress. In common, we have no doubt, with our Conservative contempo raries, we should gladly have come to a truce, and ab stained from all hostile allusion to this man while the circumstances we allude to had existence. But he himself will not have it so. Political contest is still uppermost in his mind ; and if he glances at the me lancholy scene around him, it is not to soften or miti gate, but to arm with more bitterness his vituperative hate. Thus, while declining an invitation to a public dinner on the ground alluded to, he in the same breath bursts forth into the most scurrilous abuse of that person whose recent castigation it is clear stings him to the very soul, and is evidently uppermost in his thoughts. Thus we have the terms " ac cursed Lyndhurst, " " the atrocious Lyndhurst," dealt out by this foul slanderer, at.a time when all ordi nary experience teaches us to expect a subdued spirit, humbled by affliction to a state of self-abasement, as well as of forbearance towards others. But has this unhappy man (who, in spite of himself is still an ob ject of pity)—has he to learn that his abuse of Lord Lyndhurst can only have the effect of raising that Nobleman still more highly in the estimation of his countrymen ? It has always been a question which is the surest test of merits—the applause of friends or the attacks of opponents. Lord Lyndhurst may lay claim to both these in a more than ordinary degree. Few men, within our recollection, have burst into.poli tical eminence with the suddenness and the splendour which marked his Lordship's career during the last Session, of which his never-to-be-forgotten" summing up" at the close, secured an almost unanimous verdict from the sound and honest part of the community. Mr. O'Connell and the Whigs know full well that that speech gave them both the coup de grace—that" its value has been appreciated by its having in a short time passed through thousands upon thousands of impressions, and that the wider it extends the more convincing and lasting are its effects. The Noble Premier himself, writhing under its influence, had the had taste to impute it to the author of all evil ; and now the Premier's master calls this powerful statesman " accursed" and "atrocious." Next to the approving verdict of millions of his countrymen, Lord Lyndhurst need seek for no higher praise than this :—Milton has made the fallen angel, when addressing the bright lu minary of Heaven, exclaim— - „ To thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 Sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams." Lord Lyndhurst, too, is now confessedly the brightest orb in the political horizon ; and no wonder that his beams arc hateful in the eves of those whose designs on the one hand he has • so powerfully unveiled, and whose utter inaptitude for office, on the other, he has thrown such irresistible light upon. Were, then, the epistles from Derrynane confined to the circle to which they profess to be addressed, their intended effect, in keeping up delusion, would, no doubt, he of consider able avail. But, happily, they have a wider range, and with the bane distribute the antidote ; and while the miserable dupes of the Agitator may believe Lord Lyndhurst to be deserving of the epithets which he ap plies to him, the sober good sense of the people of England, and of Ireland to, will see in such scurrility and falsehood the implacable hostility of the sworn enemy of their Throne and altar, and learn to rally round both with a zeal proportioned to that with which they see them assailed.—Morning Herald. There is one portion of a laboured article in yester day's Morning Chronicle on which we should like to have a little cxolanation. If our Contemporary pos sesses anything like official sources for his statements the answer we require will be very important to the country. Has the political as well as the commercial ima of our engagements with Portugal terminated with the expiration of the treaty which Donna Maria suffered to die a natural death last year ? Are we, after Portugal has repudiated our privileges, and de stroyed commercial advantages which we have been in possession of for a series of years, still bound to afford her naval and military assistance in case her exigencies should require it ? Or is it the fact that the old treaties are altogether at an end, and that the intervention of which rumours are afloat is to take place, not in virtue of them, but of the Quadruple Treaty ? Perhaps the Noble Lord who has these matters under his immediate care will condescend to enlighten the public upon them, either through the medium of the Morning Paper we allude to, or through one of the two Evening organs which he patronises. We say two, because, if we are to judge, by the style of sonic late articles on foreign policy, full of fulsome praise of the present Administration, and of the Foreign Office in particular, which have ap peared out of the pale of his regular jurisdiction, we arc induced to think that he has adopted a kind of Philo Palmerston manoeuvre, and tries to give value to his own writings by puffing them in another shape. The House of Commons we arc convinced, with all its faults, will not be mad enough to waste the blood and treasure of this country in defending a faction in Portugal, either from foreign or internal enemies, which has broken through the alliance of a century, and proved in every case the bitter enemies of Great Britain. And as to sending an army to Lisbon, in virtue of the Quadruple Treaty, we imagine that ex tended as that obligation has been from its original purpose, no Government will give it the extraordinary latitude which we now assume to be contemplated. The Quadruple Treaty was entered into, according to the text of the introduction, for the purpose solely of " obliging the Infante Don Carlos of Spain, and the Infante Don Miguel of Portugal, to evacuate the latter kingdom." The entrance of Don Carlos into Navarre was not contemplated by it, and, as we have before con tended, it was a forced construction of the treaty to make it applicable to the Navarrese war. However, that construction was given to it by the parties, two of whom did so for their own protection—another, in order that the question should still be in its hand--and the fourth because the vanity of the author over powered the judgment of the statesman. Additional articles were drawn up, but they neglected to recite that the I n f ante D on C ar l os h a d esca p e d f rom Por tugal into Spain, through the sufferance of England t land a and of France ; and the), were ckad blockade confined , n . n e e sde w t to theoPowers, deter miningthe and the part which Portugal should play if called on by all the p - omt ar t te h i e s to the bond. I treaty under which tis a curious our rueeu circum stance patinui the northern coast of Spain has taken place neither contemplates, in the original nor in the additions, the existence of Don Carlos in the Basque provinces, or in any other part of the Spanish territory. But the question now is, shall that treaty have another still more forced extension given to it, and be made ap plicable to Portugal as well as to Spain ? We pre sume our Government will not venture on so out rageous an act. The great Powe rs o f E urope, to l erant as they have been of Britishc' encroachments, could not permit so enormous a departure from propriety.— Morning Post. We are glad to hear that, in case of a new election, the Reformers in Scotland are sure at least to maintain their ground, if not to extend it. By the New Game Act, if a game dealer purchases game of any one who has not a legal right to sell it, both the buyer and the seller are liable to penalties; the seller to any sum not exceeding 2/. and costs for every head of game sold or offered for sale - and the dealer any sum not e xce e ding 101. and costa . By the late Act either buyer or seller may inform and be witness against the other, gets half the penalty, and is freed from being informed against himself. PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS, ASSURANCE COMPANIES, &c. &c. &c. LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPT. 20. Number Dividend Price of per CANALS. per Shares. Annum. Paid. Share. 1,760 7 pet cent. Ashton and Oldham....Average 971. 18s. sh. 162 1,102 tit. Ashby.de-le.Zouch Average 113/. sh. 65 1,260 Basingstoke lOO/. sh. 5 1 , 00 5 5/. Brecknocr. and Altergavenny 150 . sh. 90 8,000 1-16 sh. 91.25. Birmingham, 1-16th share .........8-1 1 . & 711. 201 4,003 Ditto and Liverpool Junct...l2s/. an. 100 pd 301 600 Bridgewater and Taunton ....1001. sh. all pd 64 400 44 ('helmer and Blackwater 1001. sh. 102 500 471. Coventry 1001. sh. 725 4,545 Croydon Average 314 2s. 10d. sh. 3 2,004 41. Os. Dudley lOO/. sh. '7B 613) 71. Derby 100/. sh. IVO 20,000 ...... ... Danube and Mayne • ; 41/. 13s. Id. 174/. pd 10 3575 1 Ellesmere and Chester Average 1331 . ah. SO 231 40 1 . Erewash !00/. sh. 400 1,297 281. Forth and Clyde Average 4CO/.1 (;s, sh. 600 11,500 121. Grand Juncti:r. 2,8491 I/. Grand Union 100/. sh. 25 1,533 Grand Surrey lOlll. sh. 120,0001. 41. percent. Ditto (optional) Loan lOOl. '75 3,096 Grand Western 600 131. 12s. Bd. Glamarganshire, Average cost 172/. 13s. 4d. 230 '749 10t. Grantham 1501. sh. 202 6,233 14 10s. Huddersfield Average 571. Os. 6d. sh. ' 32 100 Kensingtnn 100 sh. all pd. 10 25,3,23 11. Kennet aad Avon, Average 391. 18s. 10d. sh. 211 2,8974. 20/. Leeds and Liverpool 100/. sh. 510 5451. 101. Leicester 1404 sh. 149 1. 8 97 11. 10s. Leicester and Northampton... Aver $34 10s. 78 2,400 Si. Monmouthshire 100/. sh. 200 50 101. Melton Mowbray 1004 sh. 200 500 25/. Mersey and Irwell lOO/. sh. 580 3,000 11. 18s. Macclesfield 1001. sh. all pd. 54 247 174 Ncath 1,786 30/. Oxford 100/. sh. 5811 2,400 4/. Peak Forest Average about 781. ah. 104 21,418 12s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 331. His. M. sh. :7 5,669 6/. per cent. Rochdale Average 8.54 sh. 117 500 81. Shropshire 1251. sh. 140 800 91. 10s. Somerset Coal 1504 ah. 160 45,000/. 5 per cent. Ditto Lock Fund Stock l2l. 10s. sh. 111 700 364 Stafford and Worcester l4O/. sh. 690 500 111. Shrewsbury 125/. sh. 245 300 81. Stourbridge 3,647 21. os. Stratford-on-Avon ...Average 791. 9s. t4d. sh. 53 533 13/. Swansea 100/. sh. 215 3,762 14 Severn and Wye and Railway ...Av 35/. sh. 17 2,6031 tn. 321. 10s. Trent and Mersey, 1 share 1001. sh. 574 8,119 ... ...... Thames _.n.l Medway...Aver. 191. ss. Bd. sh. 2 1,0005h.1 15 / . Warwick aad Birmingham 100/. sh 276 I,ooolsh. 930 Wc. Warwick and Napton lOOl. sh. 216 6 ,000 4/.os. Worcester and Birmingham...A v. 78/. Bs. sh. 81 5 ,°00 20s. Wilts an.. Berka ~ Average 67/. 10s. Bd. sh. 181 800 3/, Wyrley and Essington 125/. sh 75 126 Wisbeach 6 0( 0 ; 0 54 8/ th 905 1/. Wey and Arun ll O/. sh. 22 1 DOCKS. 2 1: 3p. c. Commercial , 1001 . sh. 57 08,667 V. 51 per ct. East India Stock 119 3,238,31014 50s. p. ct. London Stork 58 Ditto Bonds 1,380,0001. 5/. per ct. West India Stock 169 2,:'.0.1 21. 19s. Bristol 64,324/. 5/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll6 1,352,752 4 iy±r cent. St. Kathaiiiie Stock 81 5011,003 44 per cent. Ditto Bonds 200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds ter 10 years lOll, Shoreham Flat bour 2 500 ........ Deptford Pict .0/. sh. 31. pd BRIDGES. 1,600 1/. Hammersmdi. 5O/. sh. 20 7,231 Southwark, Ohl Av. 13/. 2s. SO. sh. 41 1,700 1/. 15s. Ditto, New, of 71 per cent. 5Ol. sh. 14 5,000 ......... Waterloo 5,000 11. 2s. Ditto, Old Annuities of 8/. 6O/. pd 18 5,000 19s. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 40/, pd 15 __.... 60,000/. 5/, per cent. Dittoßoinis 6,000 1/. Vauxhall Al , rage 701. 10s. 3d. sh. 22 AS , URANCk: CO3IPANIES. e.l 2,000 3/ If's Albion 50 0 /. sh. 5 01 pd 80 50,000 [5 panrdcL nt Alliance, British & Foreign 1001. sh. 101/. pd 13 50,000 A per cent. Ditto, Marine 1001. sh. 5/. pd 55 21,000 1/ per sh. Atlas 501. sh. 5/. pd 131 1,200 }sh. 5/. Birmingham 1 ire 2io/. sh. 53/. pd 105 20,000 4/ percent. British Fire 250/. sh. 50/. pd 45 12,600 61. percent. British Commercial 50/. sh. 5/. pd fil 5,000 51. percent. Clerical, Melt al,&c. Life, ICOLsh. 12110 s lid 31 4,000 21 lOs County 1001. sh. 10/. pd 42 40,000 ss. Eagle C 5 per cent., Economic 2 00 curl 30 / bs.3 Lile lOOOl. sh. 2504 pd 375 2,271 51/. per cent. European I,i, • °N. sh. all pd 25 50,000 2.3. Ditto, New ... 2O/. sh. 2/. psi 2 1,000,0001. 71. per ct. Globe 110pe... 20,000 51. 40, ""' /Life 8 pct. j Guardian lOO/. sh. 50/. sh. 27-51 pd 35 „ r „, cFire 3 pct./ 5/. pd 6 2,100 5/. 7s. lid. Imperial Firc 5001. sh. 50/. pd 1251 7,500 . Os. Imperial Life.. 1001. sh. 101. pd 10 13,47 , 8 12s. per sh. Indemnity ALAI ine li 0/. sh. fit pd 10 2,020 3/ lOs Kest Fire 50/. sh. all pd 9-2 3/. Ditto Life 79 _ _ . . . . 10,t'00 16s: Law Life 100/. sh. 10/. pd 29 3,900 London, Fir.. 251. sh. 121. 103. pd 15 31 603 .. London, Ship '251. sh. 12!. 10s. pd 15 30,0'0) z.l. per cent. Palladium Lit. 50/. sh. 2/. pd t.'/ Ss Od )50,001 Protector Fite 0 0!. sh. 21. pd 19b 6d 2,500 1/. Provident Lite lOO4 sh. 10/. pd 19 100,000 Rock Life 20/. sh. 21. pd 7 ii 9,220/ At percent. Royal Excli.inge Sto, - k . 22l 6,1;00 5 per cent. University Lite lOOl. sh. 5/. pd 51 50,C0.1 4 per cent. United Kiev iora Life 2l. pd JOINT SIOUIC. 111NKS 25,000 Agric. and Cumin. of Ireland 2V. sh. 10/. pd 14 5,000 Australa-ii lOl. sh. 401. pd 59 10,000 10 per cent. Bank of Ilittmogliam 5l/. sh. IV/. pd 13 10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 5Ol. Rh. Si. pd 14 3 ,1 ,000 4 per cent. Lomlon and IVestminster...loo/ sh. 201. pd 23j 3,000 Lancaster 100/. sh. 20/. pd 30 25,0(0 (I per cent. Liverpool.. 1001 sh. 101. pd 21 50,030 7f, per cent. Manchester and Liverpaoll 100/. sh. 151 pd 22 Discount 2",000 (3 per cent. Manchester lOU sh. 251 pd 20,000 8 per cent. Provincial 11.mk of 1 reland 100/.'sh. 25/. pd 31f 20, tf) 5 per cent. National Bank of Ireland —5O/. sh 1231. p 4 14 10,009 5 per cent. National Pr. vincial Eng. —IOW. sh. 251. pd 20 :9,090 10 per cent. Gloucestershire 0,009 71 per cent. Hampshire 5O/. sh 5/. pd 9 GAS LIGHT AN i) COKE COMPANIES. 503 1173 Bath 2Ol. sh. 10/. pd 25 5,003 British 4Ol. sh. 164 pd 211 ~ ,0 , 0 f 31.percenti Ditto Provincial 2O/. sh. 19 pd 24 " land Bs. ss. 923 51 lOs Birmingham 'fit. sh. 105 4,150 2103 Bristol 1,500 Brighton 759 ...... ... Dittl, New '2o/. sh. 18/. pc! 11/ 2,471 b per cent. Brighton General' 201. sh. ell vi 19 4,000 41. Continental t%insolidated lOO/. 621/. pd 91 1,000 101. City of Loudon lOOl. sh. all pd 185 1,.'00 01. Ditto, New 1,000 4/. 10s. Equitable 10,. 00 5!. per cent. Imperial 5Ol sh. 43 090 51 per cent. Isle iif Tnaitet 25/. sh. 201. pd 191 2,350 61. per cant. , ndependent W. sh. al pd 48 11,050 51. per cent. Phwnix 511/. sh. 30/. pd 221 1,009 4/. per cent. Ilatcliff I,o'o South MatropoOtan 5"1. sh. 10/. pd 19 B ,VO 5/. ~ er cent. United General 5O/. eh. 461. pd 210 5!. per cent. Warwick 50/. sh. 50 4,0 si. per cent tvakefield ` , 5/. sh. 22/ 12,90 3/. Westminster Chartered 6, 0 01 12s. Ditto New 5ll. sh. 101. pd 10 KO Yarmouth 2(1. sh. 15/. pd 9 WATER V/ Oft KS. 4,800 Birmingham 25/. sh. :51 pd 25 4,11 l 11. East London lOOl. sh. 1:16 1,500 2/ lOs Grano Junction ............ 411 13s. 41. sh. .53 2,000 2/. Kent 100/. sh. 41; 3..1 10/. Liverpool 'tootle 9°o/. sh. 310 1,500 ?1 101 Now diver London Bridge Water Annuitiea 58 r,,ty; 11 151 Mr.nehester arid Salford .lOOl. sh. 52 1,000 4 per cent. SAtth London 100/. sh. 85 ?.,, 00 01. West MaLlleicx ....Average 461. 12s. Pd. sh. fill 1,330 11 148 York Building Co. Lessee Prop 1001. sh. 311 IRON RAILWAYS. 2,500 Aylesbury - 201. sh. 1/. pd 0; 0,5.10 Birmingham and Gloucester 5/ pd 6 7,500 Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction 01 15, in Bristol and Exeter lOO4 sh. 5 pd 44 r 6.1 Calcutta and SatlVlr 7,5'1) ........ Cheltenham and G. Western...WU sh. '2ll 2" 2,1',00 Clarence lOO/. sh. 100/ pd 43 10,00 2,500 10s. Forest of Dean 5O/. pd 20 ((rand Junction lOOl. sh. 40/. p 1 14 Great North of England 2l. pd 41 21'753 Great Western lOO/. sh. 20/. pc' 361 2,0 0 Ilartlepool 1001. sh. 1001 pd len 2,100 Hull and ' , ell)) , 5O/. sh. 51. pd 3; 10,00) Leeds and Manchester 1004 sh. 51. pd 15 7,1110 ... ...... Leeds and Selby lOO sh. 4.1. 1,50) Leicester and Swannington ....501. sh. all pd 18 5,105 10 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester...loo/.sh. 100/. pd 285 Ditto Ouarter Shares 251. pd 61 10,000 London and Brighton lOO/. sh. 5/ pd 6; 45,000 Ditto ditto (Gibbs') ...201 sh. 1/. pd 04 16,n00 ...... ... Ditto ditto (Rennie)...sol. sh. 2/. p 4 01 1,0 0 Ditto ditto (Cundy)...lool. sh. 2/. pd 2 12,000 London and Blackwall 501 sh. 3/ pi 1; Londo i and Dover 5O/. sh. I/. pd 01 30,000 London and Gravesend -201 sh 1/. pd 1. 1 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich .02. sh. 2(1/. pd 21; 25,000 London and Birmingham lOOl. sh. 601. pd 135 20, , 00 London and Snuthampton....so/. sh. 251. pd 221 7,000 .... ..... London and Croydon 9fl. sh. 10/. pd 5; 12,000 London Grand Juncti0n......... 5 1 1. sh. 21. pd 11 0,010 Manchester South Union 101 Lsh. '2/. pd 21 North Midland lOO/. sh. 5/. pd 10 Northem and Eastern lO9l. sh. :31. pd 21 2,603 Preston and Wyre 50/. sh. SI. pd 28,000 ...... .. South Eastern and Dover "/. 1(1 3i 1,000 61. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOO/.0. 240 9,000 6,003 York and North Midland 5O/. sh. 11. pd 11 MINES, 8,000 Albion Copper 5/. sh. 31. pd of 4,000 Alten 151. sh. 121. 10!_ pd llf 10,000 ... ..... Anglo Mexican, iss. 5/. pm.... 1001. ch. all jal 5 * Ditto Subscription .95/. pd 4 2,000 Bolanos 10,0(1) 31. ba. Brazilian Imp. iss. 5/. pm .35/. sh. 904 pd '25 (1,0. 0 Aiacauhas & Cocaes United....2sl. sh. 201. pd 84 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey '2Ol. sh. p4l. pd 41 10,000 Bolivar Copper Company. 20/. sh. 201. pd 11 10,000 ...—.... Ditto Scrip 101. ab. Npd 9 20,006 British Iron 5Ol. sh. 50/ pd 421 6,000 British Copper sl. sh 31/. pd 2t Cata Branca.... tii/. pd 6 Candonga 7il. IA 51 10,000 Copiapo 2O/ sh 12-1./ pd 19 8,500 ... .... Columbian, iss. Si. pm. 554 sh. 55/. pd IN 2,850 31.. English 12/ Its. pd :22 20,000 0,155 Mexican Company 100/. sh 534/. pd 1 3,000 Polberou Consols 104 sh. 84 pd 8 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered l7 Ditto Loan Notes l5O/. pd 135 30,000 United !lexica; iss. 2pm ....401. sh. a ll p d 34 DIM. Scrip Ditto New Scri7 i 1p 5l pd 4 1 West Cork LITERARY I NSTITUTIONS. 1000 „,. ...... London, with Bronze TiCliei ..... .. ...75gs. sh. 24 1,500 London University 1001. sh. all pd 241 700 King College 100/. pd 30 MISCELLANEOUS. 10,000 15s. Australian Agricultural....loo/. eh. 261/. pd 41 6,000 British American Land Company lB/. pd 15 10,000 61 per cent. Cana4a Company 100/. sh. 23/. pd 30 200,000 51. per cent. Upper Canada Lo an lO3 City Bonds, 4 per cent lO3-1 15,000 ._‘. W. General Steam Navigation ...151. sh. 131. pd 271 IN. pfy cent. Hudson's Bay Stock— 2,000 . 11. London Com. Sale Rooms Av. 751. sh. 19 New Brunswick Land Company 'Mt Pd 25 131 . 2,754 5/. per cent. Reversionary Interest 50d...100/. sh. 10 0 /. pd 2,633 5/. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 451. pd 81} 4,0(X) Thames Tunnel 501. sh. all pd 8 10,000 Van Die.ner.'s Land 1001. sh. 171. pd 14 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES, AUG. 1, 1836. BANKS. 1,500,0014 61. p. ct. Bank of Scotland 831. 65. Bd. sh. all pd 2041. 2,800,0 N/. 51 p. et. Royal of Scotland 100/. sh. all pd 172/. 500.01(1. Bp. ct. British Linen Company ... . lOO/.sh. all p d 245/ . 3,000,04(1. 6/. p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 100/. pd 182/. 5,000,0001. sp. ct, National lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 15=1. 2,00 ) ,000 1 . M. p. ct. Glasgow Union 250/. sh. 50/. pd 654 4,000,00/. 4p. ct. Western of Scotland .. .. . INSURANCE COMPANIES. 256.0005 h. 6; p. ct. Scottish Union 20/. sh. 1/. pd ?Ss - ',500 sp. ct. Hercules 100/. sh. 101. ?)(1 131 15s. 1o(,000 sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland ....10/. sh. all pd '71155. 50,000 6p. ct. North British 2001. sh. 10/. pd 151. 1,000 sp. ct. Caledonian Fire 1001. sh. 10/. pd 1610 s 5,000 ti p. et. Edinburgh !He 100/. sh. 10/. pd 1410 s 100,000 . ....... West of Scotland lO/. pd 10/ Os MISCELLANEOUS 4,810 ...... ... Edin. and Was. Un. Cana1...501. sh. all pd 22/. Ditto Allocated 91 , /. sh. all pd 651. 5,400 5 per cent. Edinb.'Joint Stock Water 251. sh. all pd 391 Carron'lron Company 250/. sh. all pd 450/. 2,0005 h 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Foundcry 501. sh. 3 4 /. pd 35/. 10,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass 2Ol. sh. 161. rod 7fl. 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 251. sh. all pd 6-1. 4,450 per cent. Glasgow Gas .51. sh. all pd 601. 750 6 per cent. Leith Coal Gas 201. sh. all pd 401. 1,200 5 per cent. Edinburgh and Dalkeith Rallway...so/.sh.. 60/. 3,900 4 percent. Equitable Loan Company,,,2sl. sh. 91 pd 101. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WHITEHALL, SEPT. 6, 183(i. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Charles Robertson. of Cucktield, in the county of Sussex, Gent., to be a Master Extra ordinary in the High Court of Chancery. The Lord Chancellor has a l s o appointed Charles Vere Webb Bedson, of Uttoxeter, in the county of Stafford, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of the County of York, and of the City and County of the City of York :- 2d West York Militia—J. Dyson, Esq. to be Captain, Sept. 5. Southern Regiment of West Riding Yeomanry Cavalry—C. Stanley, Gent. to be Cornet, Aug. 19. Yorkshire Hussar Regiment of West Riding Yeomanry Cavalry —H. C. Maxwell, Gent. to be Cornet, Aug. 22. BANKRUPTS, JACOB WATTS, boot and shoe-maker, Bristol, to surrender, October 5, and November 1, at two, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol. White and Whit►nore, Bedford-row, London ; Bevan and Brittan, Bristol. GEORGE LAWTON, dealer, York, October 3, and Novem ber 1, at eleven, at Etridge's Royal Hotel, York. Smithson, or Wormald, York; Capes, Raymond's-buildings, Gray's Inn, London. RALPH SPEECHLY, commission agent, Fenchurch-street, City, Sept. 29, at twelve, and Nov. 1, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, Pancras-lane, Official Assignee ; Clutton and Fearon, High-street, Southwark. JOHN HAYCOCK WALDOCK, dealer in wines, Birming ham, Sept. 23, and Nov. 1, at twelve, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Bir mingham. Norton and Chaplin, Gray's Inn-square, London ; In gleby and Wragge, Birmingham. CHARLES JAMES CHRISTMAS and WILLIAM HART, cement-manufacturers, Church-passage, Rotherhithe, Sept. 28, at twelve, and Nov. 1, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. White house, Quality-court, Chancery-lane ; Clark, official assignee, St. Swithin's-lane, Lombard-street. GEORGE RICKARDS, maltster, Upton-upon-Severn, Wor cester, Oct. 6 and Nov. 1, at eleven, atthe Unicorn Inn, Worcester. Platt and Hall, New Boswell-court, Carey- street, Lincoln's-Inn fields, London ; Gregg, Ledbury, Herefordshire. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-strect. C. Sanderson, hotel keeper, Princes-street, Hanover-square. Oct. 14, at one—J. Whitehead, dyer, Woodford, Essex, Oct. 12. at twelve. In the Country. W. Hopewell, joiner, Middleton-place Lenton, Nottingham shire, Oct. 20, at one, at the Ram Hotel, Nottingham—G. and W. H. Walker, ironfounders, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Oct. 11, at one, at the Commission-room, Newcastle-upon Tyne—J. Walton, victualler, Redditch, Worcestershire, Oct. 11, at twelve, at the New Royal Hotel, Birmingham—E. Markland, chemist, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Oct. 17, at eleven, at the Duke's Head Inn, Great Yarmouth—C. Wright, innkeeper, Dover, Oct. 12, at one, at the Bell Inn, Sandwich—W. Fly, builder, Herne Bay, Kent, Oct. 13, at two, at the Guildhall, Canterbury—R. Chtherow, scrivener, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, Oct. 20, at two, at the Bull Inn, Hornca , tle —C. Redman, builder, Herne Bay, Oct. 13, at two, at the Guildhall, Canterbury—J. Galley, corn dealer, Whee lock, Cheshire, Oct. 6, at eleven, at the Hawk, Haslingtown—W. Armstrong, merchant, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Oct. 12, at one, at the Bankrupt Commission-room, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—W. Kingsford, paper manufacturer, Buckland, near Dover, Kent, Oct. 12, at two, at the Bell Inn, Sandwich—S. Kingsford, miller, Sturry, Kent, Oct. 13, at twelve, at the Guildhall, Canterbury—J. Kings ford, miller, Canterbury, Oct. 13, at eleven, at the Guildhall, Can terbury—J. W. Gough, stationer, Dursley, Gloucestershire, Oct. 12, at twelve, at the Old Bell Inn, Dursley—W. Wills, builder, Exeter, Oct. 13, at eleven, at the Half-moon Inn, Exeter—T. Cracknell, grocer, Birmingham, Oct. 21, at twelve, at the New Royal Hotel, Birmingham—D. Morling, grocer, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, 0ct.13, at twelve, at the Office of Mr. Holt, GreatYarmouth —J Hadley, button manufacturer, Birmingham,Oct. 21, at two, at the New Royal Hotel, Birmingham—S. Hider, builder, Brighton, Oct. 27, at two, at the Town-hall, Brighton—E. Jones, grocer, Liverpool, Oct. 12, at one, at the Clarendon-buildings, Liverpool —F. Howe, hotel keeper, Margate, Isle of 'Mulct, Oct. 13, at one, at the London Hotel, Margate. CERTIFICATES-oer. 11. \V. Watts, cattle dealer, Lutterworth, Leicestershire—R. Lloyd, victualler, Birmingham—J. F. Moss, wharfinger, Chester—W. Yorke, ironmonger, Cirencester—J. Hewlings,f currier, Bristol— B. B. King, stationer, Fish-street-hill. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Sophia Wilding and J. Woodbourne, milliners, New Bond-street —T. Wild and T. Bamford, machine makers, Rochdale, Lanca shire—W. B. Dickinson and J. Braithwaite, surgeons, Maccles field—G. Copeland and J. Graham, lace manufacturers, Notting ham—J. Monkhouse, J. Whitfield, and E. Monkhouse, carpet manufacturers, Barnard Castle, Durham—J. Zanfrini and F. Gugeri, jewellers, Blandford Forum, Dorsetshire—T. Toney and J. Rad ford, drapers, Birmingham—J. C. Schild and J. Blatchford, tailors, Greek-street, Soho—J. Orrell and T. C. Clegg, machine makers, Wigan, Lancashire—W. R. and F. Blakesley, tea dealers, High-street, Mary-le-bone--J. Botcherby and B. R. Aston, dyers, Hollybush-place, Bethnal-green—C. Dodd and M. Taylor, lace merchants, Northampton—J. W. and J. T. and R. Seaton, mer cers, Market Harborough. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. R. P. HANDYSIDE, wood merchant, Edinburgh, Sept. 23 and Oct. 7, at two, at the Old Signet-hall, Royal Exchange, Edinburgh. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Yesterday William Garner, a middle-aged man, who had the appearance of a horse-dealer, was finally examined, charged with stealing a gelding, the property of Henry Dawes, a pig -dealer, at West Braddenham, Norfolk. Richard Ambrose, a City policeman, stated that the prisoner attended the Smithfield horse fair on Friday after noon, and was bargaining for the sale of the gelding, when an altercation arose with the buyer, who required that the transaction should be booked with the clerk of the market, while the prisoner maintained that this was unnecessary, as he (the prisoner) had bred the animal. This refusal ap pearing suspicious to witness, he took him to his sergeant, to give an account of himself. Sergeant Bates deposed that when he questioned the prisoner he said his name was Winter, that he lived at Lynn, and bred the gelding from a mare which lie after wards sold to Mr. Sears, of Gaywood, near Lynn. After wards lie said this was all false, that his name was Garner, that the gelding belonged to Mr. Dawes, of Braddenham, and that Mr. D. told him to bring it to London, and make the best of it. Before the Magistrates on Saturday he admitted that Mr. Dawes did not know that he had brought the gelding away, though he meant to let him do so. He said, however, it would be found to be all right. Mr. Dawes said he knew the prisoner, but had not seen him about Braddenham for several months. He missed the gelding from a field on Wednesday morning ; believes the prisoner knew it belonged to him ; the prisoner had no business with it ; it bad got out of that field once before. Prisoner said he found the horse astray in a lane at Braddenham, and he brought it to town and sold it, mean ing to account to Mr. Dawes for the produce. Sir WILLIAM HEYGATE said thi s accoun t o f the trans action was not at all satisfactory, and committed the prisoner for trial. MARLBORO UGH-STREET. A case, remarkable alike for the singularity of its circum stances, and for the pleasing instance it affords of real hu manity in humble life, came yesterday under the notice of Mr. CHAMBERS, the sitting Magistrate. A poor hard-working Irishwoman, living at No. 1, Titch field-street, Dean-street, Soho, named Dugnell, saw, on Sunday last, a young girl, in a state of miserable destitution, sitting on the step of a door for some hours. She went over to her and questioned her, Pr A being struck with compas sion at her forlorn state, took her to her own humble abode, and gave her food and lodging. She kept her for a couple of days, replaced her filthy rags with a decent and comfor table suit of clothing, and being unwilling to allow her to leave her protection until she had made an attempt to get something done for her, she brought her to this office to tell her own story. The modesty and propriety of the girl's manner while relating the following strange statement, served very mate rially to impress the hearers with its truth. She was now about seventeen years of age, she said, and up to the age of fourteen she had lived in comparative gen tility with a Mrs. Murray, then wife of Captain Murray. This lady at that time lived at Egham, and although she put herself to the expense of maintaining and educating her as a gentlewoman—sending her to a genteel boarding school—she refused to give her the least information res pecting her parents. After the death of Captain Murray, his widow married a person of the name of Mills ; and soon afterwards, in consequence of a change in circumstances, Mrs. Mills obliged her to leave her protection, and in fact, according to the girl's statement, turned her out of doors. Being entirely destitute of friends, she wandered about Egham for some time, when her deplorable situation hav ing attracted attention, she contrived, through the kindness of the Rev. Mr. Gill, the rector, to obtain an admission about two years ago into the workhouse. Here she re mained for about six months until the new Poor Law Act came into operation ; immediately after which, she and se veral other young females were told by the overseers that the new law did not allow such young persons to remain in the workhouse, and they must leave the place, or be put to hard labour and kept on bread and water. In fear of this threat applicant and four or five other y o u ng g i r ls left the workhouse, without having a farthing i n mon ey, or any ne cessary article of clothing being given to them. Since that period she had wandered about the neighbourhood of Windsor and Staines, subsisting on charity, and an occa sional trifle which she earned whenever she could get em ployment. Finding that she was in danger of perishing from want, and having nothing but a few filthy rags to cover her, she made her way to London, hoping that she would have a better chance of obtaining relief for her ne- cessities. Mr. CHAMBERS—Did the overseers at Egham offer to apprentice you out ? Girl—No ; I wanted to be put to some business, but nothing was clone for me. Mr. CHAMBERS—Now, mind you speak the truth, be cause you will soon be detected if you tell stories. Did you not run away from the workhouse? Girl—l assure you, Sir, I have stated the truth. I was told I must leave the workhouse, or I should be put in the place of confine ment in the house, and kept to bard labour on bread and water. Mr. CHAMBERS—You and some other girls were turned out together you say ; come now, was it not because there Was a rumpus among you ? Girl—No, Sir nothing of lam ... the sort occurred. If any of the girls made a noise, tl master came and horsewhipped them. Mr. CHAMBERS—Had you any reason for suspecting that this Mrs. Murray, or Mills, was your mother ? Girl-- I did suspect so, and on one occasion her son told me he bad been trying to get some information from h is TO ther who my parents were. He then said he was sure "5 his sister. Mr. CHAMBERS—Where is the son? Girl — After he left Sandhurst College he obtained a situation i n Somerset House. Mr. CHAMBERS—I am afraid, from your w andering Have yve ou about, that you have not kept your character. not been on the streets? Girl—l never was. ha been obliged to sleep in the air, and in common lodging" houses, but I kept myself away from improper conn ections: Mrs. Dugnell—l do think, your Worship, she is a go o d girl, I examined her very closely, and, from her answers, I am almost sure what she tells you is true. lam sure she has been brought up like a lady, for she can read and write beautifully, and can do any sort of fine needlework. Girl—l was at a boarding•school at Miss Self's, New' bury ; and for nearly two years at Miss Curll's, Newport. Isle of Wight. I learnt music and other things there, and the name I always went by was Agnes Graham. Mr. CHAMBERS-1 have no power to compel any parish to do anything for you, and I am afraid I cannot othernise assist you. Mrs. Dugnall—What is the poor thing to do ? I C an't let her die in the streets. If your Worship had only see n the state she was in on Sunday you would have pitied her, I'm sure I cried over her like a child. I took off her rags , got her washed, and with what I could spare, a nd wha t I could borrow from the lodgers, I made the poor thing look tidy. If she could only get a place of a shilling 3 week I wouldn't mind giving her a little bit of victuals and lodgings. Mr. CHAMBERS—Why, in what circumstances are you ? Mrs. Dugnell—l work hard at charing work and yvashing for a living, but for all that I couldn't bear to turn her out at her age. Mr. CHAMBERS—Your humanity does you infinite cre he dit ; I think if the Egham magistrates knew about t case, they would interest themselves. However, I will do what I can, and write to Mr. Gill, the clergyman, respect' ing the girl. In the mean time I will allow you something a week out of the poor-box until the truth of the story i 4 ascertained. The kind old woman and her protege then retired. T .1 - I,IIIIE S - OFFICE. Yesterday Johann Janie& Johann Froscr, Peter .:N rtinP chuck, Jajcr illbecht, and Jacob Knapker were broug,ht before Mr. CLARKSON, charged under the new law with smuggling twenty pounds of leaf tobacco. The prisoners are Prussian seamen belonging to a ves set lying in the river off Limehouse, and were dete cte d coming ashore by William Judge, a Thames-police at" vcyor, who asked them if they had any property a beti them liable to duty. They all expressed their ignorance of the officer's meaning, but he proceed to overhaul thew, and found a quantity of leaf tobacco concealed around he r persons, which they said they intended to convey to a Pub lic-house ashore, where a man, who had promised to gil e them Is. 6d. a pound for it, was in waiting for them. t The prisoners, in their defence, said they were ignorant of the law, and that they had brought the tobacco asho re a d the solicitation of a man who had called on board ship, a n promised to give them a good price for it. a Mr. CLARKSON said he had no doubt the tobacco W eill not have been brought ashore if there had not been Per sons ready to receive it. If the prisoners were not awa r ! they we acting contrary to law there would have been no . occasion for concealment. He sentenced all the prisoner! to pay a fine of 40s. each to the King, or be imprisoned feel 3 weeks in the House of Correction. The penalties %O r soon raised. Law Ascunder, the master of the Swedish ship 0111 1 . ring Christiana, was yesterday charged before Mr. t i er , lantine with keeping gunpowder on board in the Conn cial Dock, where the vessel is lying, contrary to the ran' lotions. A Thames police surveyor, named White, stated that on going on board the defendant's ship, he found a ca s e k in the cabin, containing .5A- pounds of gunpowder, which t. seized. The defendant, in reply to the charge, said his naate.f°re got, in the hurry of business, to lodge the gunpowder In place of safety ashore. ible Mr. BALLANTINE told the captain he was respells r for the conduct of his mate, and he should have a bet look out after his servants, whose neglect did not j u stifY breach of the law. The defendant said he was quite ignorant of the Eng:, lisp law, and that he did not know it was an offence iv bring gunpowder into the docks here. Mr. BALLANTINE said if he had gone to Sweden he would have been supposed to have had a knowledge of Swedish laws, and made respon s ibl e f or hi s ac t s directlY he set a foot in the country ; b es id es , common sen se was fi l e t ,same every where, and th e d e f en d an t mus t know that It was highly dangerous to bring gunpowder into a crow ( dock. White here said the p r i n t e d reg u lations of the Comnier; cial Dock C o mp an y h a d b een p u t on board the defend ant ship. bo d Mr. BAL LANTIME sa id i n th a t c ase the defendan t re , no excuse for hi s con du c t, and ordered him to pay' th e • duced fine of 20s. UNION. James B urgess , a porter in -HALL the employ of Mr. Ga tes ' the pr o p r i e t or o f a p o tt er y a t Plumstcad, was brought he' fore Mr. W EDGEWOOD , c h a rged with embezzling 2 /' 111°. from his employer. r to The prisoner having received orders from his xnast e ,,,; receive the above sum, the balance of an account clae,',.; customer, lie (the prisoner) received it, but u n on hi' in turn home he said that he had been stopped by t w° formers in the Kent-road, who threatened to lay e n re i n s formation against him for not driving with ro per , to his hors e s ; that upon his remonstrating with teal (the informers), some high words arose, during w t li c y he abused them, and that in consequence of it j i „ tr , further threatened to " pull him " for abusive ,1,--ca guage, as well as for the other offence. lig : ,:to went on to state that the informers prevailed upon u pon appear at this office to answer the charge, but th at e e, his arrival they came up to him in the passage of this c '. f he and induced him to give them 21. 135., saying tha t be went before the magistrates a much heavier fine o , e is u „' the inflicted. This representation was at first believedat complainant, who, under the impression that a very shun extortion had been practised upon his man, broegn " t o forward in order to have the matter investigated , l' e A ",, his two informers punished. The prisoner having 11:14 ‘1, 11° statement to the above effect, the Magistrate, altbeu.gri'' t he disbelieved it, directed that the informers, who are be habit of attending this office and the Town Hall, she u.. gbt desired to attend forthwith, in order that the prisone r o p identify the .p ar ti es to whom he had given the 114:3000 The prisoner, however, was unable to do this, anu;ihst a very close inquiry into the affair it was discovers roped fie j the whole of the story about the informers wa s trenirto up, and that he had converted his master's ProPertY his own use. The prisoner was fully committed for trial. thr° On -- Sunday evening the town of Alnwick was 1 into a state of excitement by the mail bringing intelligenl3c.efer, the constables of an affray at the Traveller's Rest, on l ow law Bank, amongst some Irish reapers. A number lop' stables immediately proceeded to the place, and apP thew andbroliglt into the House of Correction' fo ur of ew Berwick Advertiser. VE PRIZE CU PST - -New and Seco nd --- - ..hand s v iectioo PRIZE CUPS are offered at very Reduced Prices,_ en d se r os may be made from a great variety, both of Sizes and ratte....or, T. COX SAVORY'S, Goldsmith, Silversmith, and Watchw 47, Cornhill, London. v a st, s t " A Sheet of Drawings of Cups 11 be forwarded by pmt, a single letter, in answer toa post paiLipplication. B IR TIIS. On the 16th inst., at Portland-place , the wife of 111 r• Flood, of a daughter. On the 7th inst., at Lamphey, the lady of J. Walker, •r-' 64. ' Company's Madras Civil Service, of a daughter. common, On the o l f B a th ia in u s g t h ., te t r h . e lady of Sam. Fisher, Esq., of Stocklrell. On the 18th inst., in Woburn-square, the wife of E. Lloy d ' of a daughter. a fi n oril On the 16th inst., of a son, Mrs. Janet Taylor, o f 103 , the celebrated authoress of Luni-Solar and Horary " Navigation Simplified," &c. MA RRIE'D. oti elcil i b t : of On the 20th inst., at St. Martin's Church, George, We st Era ° of Edward King, of Chancery-lane, to Miss Ann Wes the Strand. n ett,l i ; On the 17th inst., at Lewisham Church, Mr. J. -.J e t. of of Horseferry-road, Westminster, to Mary Ann, daug" r h Sinclair, Esq., of Sydenham, Ken On the 17th inst., at All Souls, Lingham-place, 311. " Mill, to Mary, daughter of the late T. Shackleton, sq" DIED. Jelose°' Ina° t n oe odonn fs the ee Blackman-streetn l l f 9 9 ,:t t hh. Donaldson,i i n n s s t t . ., , a a t t , F C : r : nesbsqterhwi Borough.l e l :, l a: g a g e d e 2 d 4 4 , 8 1 : V; 1 1 1 r i a . in - in . gal l W 11°1 o O n n t t i h illee e 1 11 0 80 t tt h hh i ii n aa s ss t tti , , F aa r tt ancis Lyne, Esq., of Prospect-place' 31$idy • hill, aged 73. . nJ ° On t Earle Pilcher, M. A. Queen-square, eseoxo,mwsb: ;atuhigeneaßriet:olsol2, Jan e ' Dalston, Q M'ddl B 1 Esq., of the Middle Temple, barrister-at -law . On the 25th of July, at St. Christopher's, West 1 _.,, ( 1.0' e Eliza, the wife of William Johnson, Esq., of that Islanclat:;00, of ..-- On inntg h t e on.. l7 e t a h us i e n n it ay ., .aged 49, Francis , wife of Mr. J. Tea iiio, -------fJira. .---- ef 1 London : Printed and Published by M URDO YO a ~e G oan 112, Strand, at The Sun O ffi ce, No. 112, Strand, i i.e• of Middlesex.—Wednesda,y, September 21, 1836.